Flower-holder.



A. HOFFMANN.

FLOWER HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB.17, 1909;

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WITNESSES ATTORNE ALBERT HOFFMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLOWER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1910.

Application filed February 17, 1909. Serial No. 478,357.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT I-IorrMANx, a subject of the German Emperor,and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFlower-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The present int'ention relates to a flowerholder, and more particularlyto a device of the character specified, which is attached to a pin.

Flowers are usually attached to the coat or other garments of the wearerby drawing the stem of the flower through a buttonhole or by fixing thesame in place by means of pins. Obviously, the first way of attachingthe flower to the garment deforms to some extent the garment around thebutton-hole, while, when attaching the flower by means of pins, the stemis liable to be broken off.

The object of the present invention is to provide a flower-holderattached to a pin, which obviates the defects hereinbefore mentioned.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice of the character mentioned, which operates eflicie-ntly withoutinjuring the flower, whereby the same is kept in its fresh condition foralonger time than when attached by means of pins.

Other objects and advantages of the device will be apparent in readingthe specification and from an examination of the drawings, forming partof the present application for Letters Patent.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed according to thepresent invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 aplan View thereof.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the numeral5 indicates a pin of the usual construction and form, and to which areattached a plurality of holding members 6, 6, in any manner known in theart; for instance, by soldering the same to the pin in planes,preferably, at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the pin. Theholding members 6, 6 are made, preferably, of spring wire, and each ofthe same comprises a body portion 7 bent substantially in the form of anellipse, and two spiral portions 8, 8, made integral with said bodyportion by bending the free ends of the Wire, a short distance beforethey would meet, inwardly into spiral curves, providing thus holdingarms for the stem 9 of the flower 10. Attention is called to the factthat the distance between two symmetrical points of the spirals 8,Sincreases from their nearest points 11 and 12, which nearest distanceshould be smaller than the normal thickness of a flower stem. The spiralportions of the holders being resilient, it is obvious that a stem of athickness greater than the distance of the nearest points of the spiralsmay be forced past the same and will be clamped between the two spiralsand the portion 13, located around the smaller axis of the ellipticalbody portion 7 of the holder 6 or clamped against the portion a. Inorder to keep the stem safely in position, two or more holders may bearranged upon the pin and, preferably, in parallel planes. The pin 5,has an end portion a bent back upon itself parallel with the pin properand a distance therefrom. To the lower or free end of this portion a issecured one of the holding members 6 while the second is positioned aslight distance beneath the bend Z).

What I claim is:

In a flower holder, the combination of a pin having an end portion bentback upon itself parallel with the body of the pin and spaced a distancetherefrom, a resilient holding member attached to the bent back portionadjacent the free end thereof, a second holding member attached to thebent back portion a distance below the bend of the pin, said holdingmembers each being arranged at right angles to the bent back portion andforming an open curve provided with inwardly bent spiral ends, said endsterminating in such position with relation to the bent back portion asto clamp a stem of a flower against said bent back por tion.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 16th day of January, A. D. 1909.

ALBERT HOFFMANN.

Vitnesses SIGMUND Hnnzoo, S. BIRNBAUM.

